Original Brazilian Percussion Library

Rio Grooves features an unparalleled level of flexibility offered by multi-microphone perspective balancing, seamless synchronization with your music, and preset MIDI files, all presented in a straightforward interface. For the first time, producers, composers and musicians around the world can access the most versatile take on Brazilian rhythms.

Simple SYNC to DAW - Rio Grooves! offers a convenient sync-to DAW functionality that conforms the rhythms to the downbeat in your DAW regardless when you begin playing within the bar. The Offset knob allows the user to change the feel by offsetting the start point in either direction.

Mic Positions - Each instrument includes three different micrphone positions (Close, Overhead, and Room) that you can dial in and out to fit any mix.

100 MIDI Files - Each patch has preset MIDI patterns assigned to keys C0 thru G0. These preset patterns serve as examples of the patch's rhythm, as well as providing an intuitive, ready to use version of the rhythm as an accompaniment or a starting point on which to build. The text window displays the name of the selected preset pattern and gives the user a MIDI file, which can be "draged and dropped" from the text window into the DAW's session.

Patch List

There are 3 categories of patches:
Instrument Groove, Song Form, and Simple to Complex.

01 Escola de Samba 1 - Song Form

02 Escola de Samba 2 - Song Form

03 Escola de Samba Extras

04 Escola Maculelê - Song Form

05 Baião - Instrument Groove

06 Capoeira - Instrument Groove

07 Galope - Instrument Groove

08 Maculelê - Instrument Groove

09 Maracatu - Instrument Groove

10 Roda de Samba - Instrument Groove

11 Samba Funk - Instrument Groove

12 Samba Reggae - Instrument Groove

13 Telecoteco - Instrument Groove

14 Velha Guarda - Instrument Groove

15 Xote - Instrument Groove

16 Funk de Bloco 1 - Simple to Complex

17 Funk de Bloco 2 - Simple to Complex

18 Ijexá - Simple to Complex

19 Jongo - Simple to Complex

20 Macumba - Simple to Complex

Rio Grooves! does not require you to purchase any additional sample playback software, and is licensed to work with Native Instruments' free Kontakt Player. All you need is a sequencer like Logic, Cubase, Digital Performer, LIVE, Pro Tools, or Cakewalk, and youll be up and running.

Ratings

The following reviews have been placed by customers who also bought this product from us. All reviews are provided through eKomi, Europes largest independent customer review company.

As a Brazilian, I can say that Rio Grooves is a very faithful to our library percussion. This library will enrich and facilitate my compositions and digital recordings of Brazilian music. A beautiful purchase.

Q: Can I use the included Kontakt Player for playing other libraries in Kontakt format (.nki plus .wav files)?A: No, they only work in a 15 minutes demo mode
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Q: When trying to "Add Library" my Kontakt shows a message "No Library found"A: Then this is not a protected Kontakt library, but an open Kontakt format. You can find additional hints for Kontakt Libraries in that Sounds & Gear Video

Product activation:
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